Natural hazards have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and significant
socioeconomic loss. The actual damage and loss observed in the recent decades has …

Effective humanitarian relief operations are challenging in the aftermath of disasters, as
trucks are often faced with considerable travel time uncertainties due to damaged …

When a disaster strikes, it is important to allocate limited disaster relief resources to those in
need. This paper considers the allocation of resources in humanitarian logistics using three …

Immediately after a disruption, in order to minimize the negative impact inflicted on the
society, its imperative to re-establish the interdicted critical services enabled by the …

This paper presents a self-learning strategy for an artificial cognitive control based on a
reinforcement learning strategy, in particular, an on-line version of a Q-learning algorithm …

Record-breaking heavy rain occurred in Western Japan from June 28 to July 8, 2018. Many
roads in Hiroshima and Okayama Prefecture were disrupted simultaneously. The …

Finding near-optimal solutions in an acceptable amount of time is a challenge when
developing sophisticated approximate approaches. A powerful answer to this challenge …

摘要应急资源分配(Emergency resource allocation, ERA) 是灾害应急管理中的核心环节,
主要研究如何高效合理地把各储备点的应急救援物资分配给各发放点. 然而 …

We consider a shortest path problem from source to destination over a set of arc failure
scenarios, considering the probability of different scenarios. A primary path is chosen, which …

Disaster mitigation of severe catastrophic events depend heavily on effective decisions that
are made by officials. The goal of disaster management is to make decisions that properly …